Safety-pin.



No. 643,262. Patented Feb. I3, I900.

G. BDDEN.

SAFETY PIN. (Application filed Mar. 25, 1898.; (No Model.)

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GEORGE BODEN, OF WATERTOWN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE OAKVILLE COMPANY, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT.

SAFETY-PIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 643,262, dated February 13, 1900.

Application filed March 25, 1898. Serial No. 675,061. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE BonEN, of Watertown, county of Litchfield, and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety-Pins; and I do hereby declare the following specification, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same, to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

The object of the invention is to provide a guard for the coiled end of safety-pins which may be readily and quickly applied to the pins when in a closed condition and which will, when applied, bridge over the space be tween the pointed leg of the pin and the coil and prevent the fabric from working in between said leg and coil.

To that end the invention consists in a guard provided with a hole in its crown and having a lateral opening connecting with said hole and through which the pointed leg of the pin may pass into the hole in applying the cap to the coil of the pin.

The invention further consists in a safetypin provided with a guard having a lip which embraces the pointed leg of the pin and the coil and a second lip which embraces the coil inside the pointed leg.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a safety-pin embodying the invention. Fig. 2. is a side view of a guard before it is applied to the coil of the pin. Fig. 3 is a view showing the crown of the guard. Fig. 4 is a plan view of Fig. 1, and Fig. 5 is a section through the coil of Fig. 1.

The safety-pin A is composed, as usual, of two legs a Z), with the intermediate portion 0 coiled to form a spring, the leg (1 being the free or pin portion, while to the other leg I; is secured a shield B, as usual. In pins of this form there is liability of the fabric working between or becoming entangled in the coils of the spring, and a guard 01 is therefore applied to the coil 0, which bridges over the space between the leg at and the coil and prevents the entrance of the fabric. This guard consists of a cup-shaped cap provided with a crown portion 6 and sides f and g. A

hole h is formed in the crown, through which the leg a extends, and the sides of the cap are bent to embrace the coil 0 on both sides of the leg at, and thus bridge over the space between the leg and coil. In order that the cap may be conveniently applied to the coil while the pin is closed, as in Fig. 1, a slot i is formed in the side f, which connects with the hole h. This slot divides the side f into two lips j and k. In applying the cap to the pin the leg or is passed laterally through the lateral passage '5 into the hole h and the cap turned slightly to bring the crown into engagement with the coil 0. The lips j and 7e and the side 9 are bent to bring their edges inside the coil, the lip j embracing the leg a and bridging over the space between the leg and coil and the lip 70 embracing the coil inside the leg to. \Vith this construction of guard the pins may be more conveniently handled and the guards more conveniently applied than in cases Where the guard must be threaded over the point of the pin, since with the latter form of guards the pins must be handled in an open condition or be opened before the guard is applied. Moreover, with the form of guard described the sides of the guard conform closely to the wires of the coil and do not detract from the neat appearance of the pin.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A coil-guard for a safety-pin havinga crown, a hole in the crown for the pointed leg of the pin, and a lateral passage connecting with said hole and thereby forming two lips on one side of said guard, substantially as described.

2. A safety-pin having a coiled portion, a guard applied to said coiled portion, and having a lip embracing the pointed leg of the pin, and a second lip embracing the coil inside the pointed leg, substantially as described.

GEORGE BODEN. Witnesses:

J. H. BRONSON, FLORENCE NELsoN. 

